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Brick by Red Brick: Jonathan and Willie McMiller are reviving homes, uplifting St. Louis

It all started with one home. The brothers purchased their first property to flip in 2013 when they bought a house in Spanish Lake for $7,000....

Education Alumna Sarah Hecht named Hazelwood School District Teacher of the Year

Hecht discovered her passion for elementary education volunteering at her church and an early childhood education center. ...

Education alumna Elizabeth Bleier invests in the region’s future as executive director of Teach For America St. Louis

As executive director, Bleier is leading an effort to support St. Louis' network of 600 Teach For America alumni with professional development opportunities. ...

Alumnus James Young wins Missouri Teacher of the Year

Young leads an innovative musical theater program at Johnson-Wabash Sixth Grade Center, where students learn how to project self-confidence. ...

A $1.4 million award helps plant researcher Kevin L. Cox Jr. help the world

A part-time job at the Danforth Plant Science Center while studying biology at UMSL helped Cox discovered his love for plants and science....

IN UNISON Scholars program helps students find their way in the world of music

David Brown and Alayna Epps were two of the students who took part in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra program, coordinated by UMSL alumna Michelle Byrd....

Political passion drives Julia Spoerry to serve the underserved

Spoerry's using knowledge she gained pursuing her MPPA at UMSL to better serve the residents of Florissant as a community development specialist....

Alumnae Gabrielle Clay, Nesmira Muratovic among Business Journal’s 30 under 30 honorees

Clay, who earned a degree in mathematics in 2012, is a senior project accountant at HOK. Muratovic, BSBA 2013, is a retail risk & supervision oversight manager at TD Ameritrade....

Sharing lessons on the history that helped divide St. Louis

Associate Professor Priscilla Dowden-White's teaching of the past offers lessons for the future....

UMSL alumnus named state girls track coach of the year

Sheldon Webster (front with medal), BSEd 1986, is the girls track and field coach at McCluer North High School in Florissant, Mo. ...